Mikhail Hrabouski

Belarus Mikhail Hrabouski


Date of birth	January 31, 1984
place of birth	Potsdam , GDR
size	180 cm
Weight	81 kg

position	center
number	# 84
Shot hand	Left

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2004 , 5th lap, 150th position Montréal Canadiens

Career stations

until 2003	HK Junost Minsk
2003-2005	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
2005-2006	HK Dynamo Moscow
2006-2008	Montréal Canadiens
2008-2013	Toronto Maple Leafs
2013-2014	Washington Capitals
2014-2017	New York Islanders

Mikhail Yurevich Hrabouski ( Belarusian Міхаіл Юревіч Грабоўскі ; Russian Михаил Юрьевич Грабовский ; English transcription: Mikhail Yuryevich Grabovski * 31 January 1984 in Potsdam ) was a Belarusian ice hockey player , who for many years with the Montreal Canadiens , Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders was active in the National Hockey League . Since June 2019 he has been an assistant coach at HK Dinamo Minsk .

Career

Hrabouski initially played for HK Junost Minsk and moved to Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk in the Russian Super League in 2003 . There the franchises of the National Hockey League became aware of him and he was drawn in the fifth round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft in 150th place by the Montréal Canadiens . For the 2005/06 season he moved within Russia to HK Dynamo Moscow . With this he won the IIHF European Champions Cup in January 2006 and once again drew attention to himself with strong performances during the tournament.

The 2006/07 season began the center with the Hamilton Bulldogs , the Canadiens farm team in the American Hockey League . In January 2007 he was appointed to the squad of the Canadiens for the first time and made his debut on January 6 against the New York Rangers in the NHL, but came only to a total of three missions. He returned to the Bulldogs in the AHL and won the Calder Cup with them in June . The following season commuted Hrabouski, who in the meantime his compatriots Andrej and Sjarhej Kaszizyn were placed to the side, between the NHL and AHL squad. In the summer of 2008 he was finally transferred to the Toronto Maple Leafs , where he made his final breakthrough in the NHL under head coach Ron Wilson . This earned him the first Belarusian Player of the Year award in 2009.

In July 2013, his contract was early paid off by the Toronto Maple Leafs (buy out) . He then joined the Washington Capitals in August 2013 by signing a one-year contract there. This was not renewed after the 2013/14 season, so he signed a four-year contract as a free agent with the New York Islanders .

After suffering several concussions , Hrabouski was out for the entire 2016/17 season, although it remained unclear whether he would ever return to professional ice hockey. As a result, the Islanders gave his contract to the Vegas Golden Knights as part of the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft . In return, Vegas received Jean-François Bérubé and Jake Bischoff in the draft , a first-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 2017 and a second-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 2019 .

In June 2019 he was introduced as the new assistant coach at HK Dinamo Minsk and thus effectively ended his playing career.

International

For the 2005 World Cup in Austria , he was appointed to the Belarusian national ice hockey team. There he scored four goals in a game against hosts Austria . The year before, as a 20-year-old, he had already played a key role in the team's promotion to the top division. Born in the former GDR , he had other appearances in the national dress at the World Championships in 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 and 2011 as well as in qualifying for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin .

In the junior division, Hrabouski represented his home country at the U18 World Junior Championship in 2002 . He also played in the U20 in 2002 , 2003 and 2004 .

Achievements and Awards

2006 IIHF European Champions Cup win with HK Dynamo Moscow
2006 Topscorer of the IIHF European Champions Cup (together with Maxim Suchinski )
2006 Best goalscorer of the IIHF European Champions Cup
2006 Best striker of the IIHF European Champions Cup

2006 All-Star-Team of the IIHF European Champions Cup
2007 Calder Cup win with the Hamilton Bulldogs
2009 Belarus ice hockey player of the year
2011 Belarus ice hockey player of the year

International

2004 Promotion to the top division at the U20 Junior World Championship in Division I.
2004 Promotion to the top division at the Division I World Championship

Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
season	team	league	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2001/02	Junost Minsk	Extra league	28	10	7th	17th	16	-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Junost Minsk	Extra league
2003/04	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk	Super league	44	6th	11	17th	28	5	0	0	0	4th
2004/05	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk	Super league	60	16	20th	36	34	3	2	0	2	2
2005/06	HK Dynamo Moscow	Super league	48	10	18th	28	28	4th	0	0	0	4th
2006/07	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	66	17th	37	54	34	20th	4th	7th	11	21st
2006/07	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	3	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	12	8th	12	20th	6th	-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	24	3	6th	9	8th	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	78	20th	28	48	92	-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	59	10	25th	35	10	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	81	29	29	58	60	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	74	23	28	51	51	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	HK CSKA Moscow	KHL	29	12	12	24	10	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	48	9	7th	16	24	7th	0	2	2	2
2013/14	Washington Capitals	NHL	58	13	22nd	35	26th	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	New York Islanders	NHL	51	9	10	19th	8th	3	0	0	0	0
2015/16	New York Islanders	NHL	58	9	16	25th	33	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	New York Islanders	No game played due to a concussion
Super league overall			152	32	49	81	90	12	2	0	2	8th
AHL total			78	25th	49	74	40	20th	4th	7th	11	21st
NHL overall			534	125	171	296	312	10	0	2	2	2

International

Hrabouski in the dress of the Belarusian national team

Represented Belarus at:

year	team	event	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2002	Belarus	U20 World Cup	6th	0	1	1	2
2002	Belarus	U18 World Cup	8th	2	1	3	2
2003	Belarus	U20 World Cup	6th	2	0	2	2
2004	Belarus	U20 World Cup Div. I.	5	4th	5	9	0
2004	Belarus	WM Div. I.	5	2	1	3	8th
2005	Belarus	WM	6th	4th	1	5	2
2006	Belarus	WM	7th	5	4th	9	2
2008	Belarus	WM	5	0	3	3	0
2009	Belarus	WM	7th	3	6th	9	2
2010	Belarus	WM	6th	0	3	3	6th
2011	Belarus	WM	6th	2	2	4th	2
2012	Belarus	WM	7th	1	3	4th	4th
2014	Belarus	WM	6th	4th	4th	8th	0
Juniors overall			25th	8th	7th	15th	6th
Men overall			55	21st	27	48	26th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹ play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Michail Hrabouski - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Michail Hrabouski at legendsofhockey.net (English)
Michail Hrabouski at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

↑ nhl.com: Capitals sign Grabovski to one-year deal. August 23, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013 .
↑ Крэйг Вудкрофт - главный, Михаил Грабовский - ассистент! In: hcdinamo.by. June 14, 2019, Retrieved June 17, 2019 (Russian).
↑ - Aivis Kalnins - Woodcroft and former Islander take over Dinamo Minsk's bench. In: hockeybuzz.com. June 15, 2019, accessed June 17, 2019 .

Squad of HK Dinamo Minsk in the 2019/20 season

personal data
SURNAME	Hrabouski, Michail
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Grabowski, Michail Jurjewitsch; Grabowsky, Michail; Grabowsky, Mikhail; Грабовский, Михаил Юрьевич (Russian); Грабоўскі, Міхаіл Юревіч (Belarusian); Grabovski, Mikhaïl; Hrabouski, Michail Jurewitsch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belarusian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	January 31, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH	Potsdam , GDR

[1] .com: Capitals sign Grabovski to one-year deal. August 23, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013 .

[hcdinamo-К-2] Крэйг Вудкрофт - главный, Михаил Грабовский - ассистент! In: hcdinamo.by. June 14, 2019, Retrieved June 17, 2019 (Russian).

[hockeybu-699956-3] - Aivis Kalnins - Woodcroft and former Islander take over Dinamo Minsk's bench. In: hockeybuzz.com. June 15, 2019, accessed June 17, 2019 .